noun. The act or process of subtracting; deduction.

noun. The arithmetic operation of finding the difference between two quantities or numbers.

noun. The act or operation of subtracting, or taking a part from a whole.

noun. Specifically, in arithmetic and algebra, the taking of one number or quantity from another; the operation of finding the difference between two numbers.

noun. In law, a withdrawing or neglecting, as when a person who owes any suit, duty, custom, or service to another withdraws it or neglects to perform it.

noun. Detraction.

noun. The act or operation of subtracting or taking away a part.

noun. The taking of a lesser number or quantity from a greater of the same kind or denomination; an operation for finding the difference between two numbers or quantities.

noun. The withdrawing or withholding from a person of some right to which he is entitled by law.

noun. (uncountable) The process of subtracting a number from another.

noun. (countable) A calculation involving subtracting.

noun. The removal of something.

noun. an arithmetic operation in which the difference between two numbers is calculated

noun. the act of subtracting (removing a part from the whole)

"He states that although some Mendelians have spoken of genetic factors as permanent and indestructible, he is satisfied that they may occasionally undergo a quantitative disintegration, the results of which he calls subtraction or reduction stages."

compound subtraction  geometrical subtraction  minus sign  vectorial subtraction  

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